Acting credits
8
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Canada Lee
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 7Series: 1
TMDB ID: 81972
IMDb ID: nm0496938
Known for: Acting
Born: March 3, 1907
Died: May 9, 1952
Age: 45
Place of birth: Manhattan, New York, US
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1939 - 1998
Years active: 60
Average TMDB rating: 7.16
Wikidata: Q1031985
Also known as
Leonard Lionel Cornelius Canegata
Biography
Canada Lee (born Leonard Lionel Cornelius Canegata; March 3, 1907 – May 9, 1952) was an American professional boxer and then an actor who pioneered roles for African Americans. After careers as a jockey, boxer and musician, he became an actor in the Federal Theatre Project, including the 1936 production of Macbeth adapted and directed by Orson Welles. A champion of civil rights in the 1930s and 1940s, Lee was blacklisted and died shortly before he was scheduled to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He advanced the African American tradition in theatre pioneered by such actors as Paul Robeson.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Canada Lee.
7.7
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Stephen Kumalo (archive footage)
1998 Movie
6.1
Cry, the Beloved Country
as Stephen Kumalo
1951 Movie
6.4
Lost Boundaries
as Lt. 'Dixie' Thompson
1949 Movie
6.7
Body and Soul
as Ben Chaplin
1947 Movie
7.4
Lifeboat
as Joe Spencer
1944 Movie
5.3
Henry Browne, Farmer
as Narrator (voice)
1942 Movie
5.5
Keep Punching
as Speedy Joe Williams (Henry's Trainer)
1939 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Canada Lee.
